Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-04-21
State News.
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ns april stu, about SO 900 cases or I OoO
wv pairs of boots and shoes which stretched
10 straight line. heel and toe, would reach
aooo' oi9 miles man walking 4 miles an
nuur ana ~ hours day could walk for 9 dsys
nuurs ana nve minutes along this leathery
pathway of indusry.-Jouynal
Saturday night Mr. A. G. Foss and vito
OF Lewiston, came near being suffocstsa he
the escaping coal gas from a stove in tbei,
sleeping room Prompt restorative measures
alone saved their lives
Is reported that the assignee, of .be
benson Paper Mfg Co. will sell the proner.
" OF the company on the 4th or 9TH of Nav
next. 1t is expected that the pulp mill At
canton Will be put in order and run at an
early day sitter its sale Quite large mum.
Der OF the former workmen in the mill arc
hoping for employment when the mill shall
again be operated.
City Marshal Guptll aud Constable Hink.
lev OF Lewiston, raided Ann Hsiey's place
on lower Main street, and captured Is or 20
bottles of liquor and couple of jugs besides
glasses and other parapharnslia. This is the
nrst SEIZURE in Lewiston under the operation
of the new law. The seized LIQUOR. were
taken the police station and Mrs HALEY came
up for trial Wednesday.
The Calumet Club of Lewiston now has
seventy-tive active members and an elegant
suite OF rooms. The design of the club is
purely social. The strongest of temperance
ana moral planks are in its code of bylaws
and Its constitution. The club has appointed
ladies night" once each month.
Inc exodus of fishermen promises to be
great. dozen parties wait the breaking up
OF the ice at Rangely and at Moosehead.
Lewiston and Auburn are full of enthusiastic
fishermen VINO think that there is something
honest even about bait fishing and who be.
lieve that the category of piscatorial virtue is
not comprised in the man who only casts the
fly.
HANCOCK
Concerning the real estate speculatons that
are being carried on at Bar Harbor the Com
mercial saws: Capitalists have bought nearly
all the waterfronts and headlands on the
west side OF the island from Bass Harbor TO
Pretty Marsh. Branscom's Neck, which two
months ago could have been bought tor $1,000
has been sold for $4,000 At Northeast
Harbor, choice lots are selling at S24OO and
upwards. At Southwest Harbor, Mrs DR..
Fulton of Ellsworth has bought a lot ad
joining the Episcopal church lot on Sewall
avenue, south side of the harbor, of Horace
+. Stanley, at good price.
KENNEBEC.
Monday afternoon, Mr.. Chas Palmer Sec
ond hand in the fibre mill at Benton Falls,
while at work in the gear room, caught his
clothes in the gearing. Luckily several men
were near enough to hear his cries and stop.
ped the machinery before he was much hurt.
moment more, and he would have been
beyond assistance.
OXFORD.
Geo. r. Hodsdon of Rumford was on his
way from West Bethel to Bethel Friday. and
was on the crossing near John Barker, when
the morning train from Montreal was passing
and his sleigh was entirely DESTROYED. the
horse slightly injured and he was carried one
fourth of mile on the catcher and es.
capped with slight injury.
Almarlon Roberts of Hanover has invented
machine for breaking roads in winter that
is ahead of anything out: where it has been
operated this winter the road is smooth and
hard and of sufficient width for teams to pass
each other at any point in safety. We under
stand he has obtained patent for it.
II. Lane of West Paris, has bought
corner lot on Main and Church streets. and
will build, at once large two story building
the lower floor for store, the upper part for
a residence. Mr.. John Andrews, the hard
ware man, has commenced the building % a
large two story building on the corner OF
Main and Maple streets. Mr.. Israel Emmons
has begun the building of a large two story
store on Main street. Other new buildings
are in contemplation and will be built soon.
PENoBsCoT.
A tramp entered the house of Mr.. Stephen
Mitchell on Birch street, last Monday night,
and making considerable noise awakened
Mrs Mitchell who sleeps on the lower floor.
She ran up stairs and awakened her son no
at once proceeded to eject the intruder who
was very impudent, with a we'll directed
blow of his fist which sent him through the
door as though driven by catapult He will
not attempt another entry at that place
again
At meeting of the stockholders of the
Bangor and Piscataluis Railroad Instructions
were given the directors to lease The Penob
scot Central Railroad when built at a rental
of $40 600 per annum, if in their judgment
it is thought best.
According to the present outlook building
operations will be brisk in Oldtown this wear.
The Masons and Odd Fellows each propose
to erect a fine business block containing
stores, offices and fine hall. Both lodges
there are in excellent shape financially and
they need new halls. The Masons will prob.
ably fit up a portion OF their block for
National Bank. Numerous plans are now
being made.
Gould & Hastings have about 3,UOOOOO IT.
of lumber ready for saving as soon as the ice
leaves the river. Extensive repair, are being
made on the engine, and the old shafting and
beltngs have been taken down and new put
up. They will be ready to proceed to bust
ness about the middle of next week.
The Bangor Edge Teol Company shipped
from their establishment Tuesday % dozen of
their famous cant dogs which are to 60 to
New York and be loaded upon the ship Nancy
Pendeton which sails the 30th around Cape
Horn for Washington Territory CONNER
ctdl.
PIsCATAQUIs.
Business is very brisk at Moosehead Lake
at the present time. The Megantic railway
people have workmen there and are building
along the proposed route storehouses, powder
houses. etc. Supplies are fast being received
there. From 25 to 80 teams leave Greenville
every day loaded with lnmber and provisions.
Shanties for their men and warehouses will
soon be commenced. At Foxcreft, large
order from the company has set Knox. Smith
& Companys iron foundry TO work with extra
help At Abbott all the teams that can be
got are engaged in hauling supplies from
there to the line of the railroad. They go
bv Williamantic and then use the road trav-
eled by the birch teams during the winter
They move the freight as fast as they can
get it by rail, Quite q crew of men have
been hired at Abbott to go in to build store
houses and shanties to board the laborers.
One bridge, to be built across Ship Pond
Stream, is to be 1900 feet long and lib feet
high Commercial.
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